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Trump pardoned four Blackwater contractors

Event date
Category
Elections, January 6, and institutional conduct
Posture:
Presidential clemency and attributed criticism

Trump pardoned four former Blackwater contractors convicted in connection with killings of Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square. United Nations experts criticized the pardons; the record does not allege that Trump committed the underlying killings.

Evidence basis

primary-plus-independent

Dated sources

  1. — PBS NewsHour (Independent reporting)
  2. — www.ohchr.org (Official record)
  3. — www.cambridge.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)

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Canonical citation

Trump pardoned four Blackwater contractors. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2020-12-22-blackwater-pardons/

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